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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: LifeIsOnTheWire on Fri, 28 October 2016, 10:28:27

Title: Apple iic with ALPS Amber switchs?
Post by: LifeIsOnTheWire on Fri, 28 October 2016, 10:28:27

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-IIc-as-is-/182327663009?hash=item2a739359a1:g:IkQAAOSwHsRYDmxr

Found someone selling an Apple IIc, and bidding is at $35 right now

One of the keycaps broke off, and you can see it is the model with ALPS amber switches.  Although the model number of the computer doesn't match the models that were shipped with the ALPS keyboards.  Perhaps it was swapped at some point?

Title: Re: Apple iic with ALPS Amber switchs?
Post by: cribbit on Fri, 28 October 2016, 14:10:15

Depending when it broke it could be discolored plastic of another color.

Depending how it broke and what switch was originally there it could be something that looks like alps, but isn't.

If this was cheaper I'd buy it just to gamble, but it looks like someone else is already bidding anyways.

Title: Re: Apple iic with ALPS Amber switchs?
Post by: chyros on Fri, 28 October 2016, 15:24:17

It's amber Alps.

Title: Re: Apple iic with ALPS Amber switchs?
Post by: LifeIsOnTheWire on Fri, 28 October 2016, 19:46:17

Quote from: cribbit on Fri, 28 October 2016, 14:10:15

Depending when it broke it could be discolored plastic of another color.

Depending how it broke and what switch was originally there it could be something that looks like alps, but isn't.

If this was cheaper I'd buy it just to gamble, but it looks like someone else is already bidding anyways.

Its looks fairly ALPS-like, considering the pre-ALPS Apple IIc switches look quite different